James123
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7 minutes ago, Alexander said:
You are overthinking.Things are simple.
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That's it. Because we are an illusion in the first place.
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3 hours ago, Orbran said:
The pursuit of enlightenment or a deeper understanding of oneself presents a paradox. In this pursuit, one is expected to eventually realize that there is nothing to be sought and that the seeker themselves is part of the illusion. This introduces a paradox that seems to require following a path somewhat blindly to see where it leads—a requirement not unlike those made by various religions.
One could argue that this path is not about blind faith but about validating truths through direct personal experience and continual questioning. However, a significant challenge arises in that this path demands not only a relentless questioning of everything but also necessitates a fundamental change in one’s perception of the external world. While there's a certain appeal to this approach, it undeniably requires a type of commitment and a leap of faith, believing that this shift will lead to something beneficial. This commitment, in my view, parallels the blind adherence to dogma found in traditional religions, as there is no option to leave it out.
At this juncture, I find myself seeking examples of individuals who have successfully navigated this path. Yet, much like religious followers who cite success without reliance on logical foundations, these personal spiritual journeys are highly individual and subjective. Success in this context is frequently touted by religious groups and spiritual teachings alike, though it's based on personal experiences that are inherently difficult to quantify or verify independently.
This reliance on personal validation raises a question: why should one not be skeptical of a spiritual path that requires similar faith to that demanded by organized religions? Both paths ask for trust in the process and suggest that personal experiences can validate their truths. However, many religious claims also hinge on personal experiences that followers find validating.
In conclusion, while the spiritual journey towards enlightenment offers a unique approach, it requires a commitment that is remarkably similar to religious faith. This similarity leaves me skeptical, as the inherently personal nature of such journeys seems to offer little objective evidence or reason to embark on such a path, beyond personal anecdotes and subjective experiences. I just want to emphasize that my skepticism stems from a personal perspective and I'm not dismissing your experiences or paths but expressing a personal stance. I'm open to receiving responses and value your insights.
If one who seeks in the first place is an illusion itself? Thus, including these sentences?
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On 4/19/2024 at 11:31 AM, Jane said:
The essence beyond form is like the silhouette of a dream, elusive yet captivating. It resides in the interstices of existence, where the tangible and intangible converge.
Essence beyond form is the question within the answer, the pause between breaths. It’s the space between atoms, the void that births creation. It’s the wholeness in emptiness, the stillness in chaos.
How do you know?
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19 hours ago, Blessed2 said:
I don't know. That's why I'm asking. 😁
Nobody. Everyone is talking about temptation, but no-one seems to actually clearly define it.
Any knowledge is an illusion.
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14 minutes ago, Rose said:
So what do you call people who are religious, dogmatic, abusive - spirituality aside - do you recommend dating someone who is physically abusive because there are no “lower stages”?
If someone who is physically abusive will not know what is low or up, when / only there is no you, there is no stages. Therefore, there is no such thing as abusive.
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1 hour ago, Blessed2 said:
☝️
How do you know? Who thought you?
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32 minutes ago, Reena said:
I experienced AP and it was terrible. I saw my soul leaving my body and getting separated and it was a terrible experience. I have no idea what induced it but I have lucid dreamt a few times. I don't remember the context. But the soul began departing. I have experienced sleep paralysis before and this was different from that, much more intense, almost repulsive and felt like death. It can be considered similar to nde. I kept begging for the soul to be returned and eventually after some torment it was returned. It was a nasty experience. It felt ethereal for few minutes but I wanted my material existence to be given back to me. It showed how attached I am. This was my first experiencing this. I have APied before but not so intense. This was one hell of a thing. I was breathless and then regained my breath once the spirit came back in my body. It was stupid of it to leave like that in the middle of me living life. I don't know how to feel about it. It's just one of the series of paranormal experiences in my life.
Imo it's a great experience. Great imagination. Appreciate it.
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10 hours ago, Rose said:
Do you think people need to self development to be able to do self destroying?
Unfortunately No. Totally opposite.
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16 hours ago, Kevin said:
I think due to potency my strongest mushroom trip was 5 grams. Not the 7 g one.
the 5 g one is hard to explain but I basically forgot what directions were. Like up, down, left, right, etc and I was just melting on the floor. I sobered ip slightly and decided I should drive home. I could figure out how to drive though and my friend who came outside to check on me immediately took my keys lol.how was your 10 gram trip.
https://www.actualized.org/forum/topic/34014-10-gr-dry-shroom-trip-and-need-some-help/
I went beyond the big bang. Lol.
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3 minutes ago, Kevin said:
Damn that’s insane. Most I took is 7 and that was crazy.
How was your trip?
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On 4/12/2024 at 12:32 AM, WhiteOwl said:
What is the point of science when its all energy and there is no-duality?
Energy is a thought itself. There is no such thing as energy, non duality or science. That's what non duality is.
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On 4/10/2024 at 7:24 PM, ivankiss said:
Perceiving = lagging, duality
Being = now, oneness
Perceiving, Perceived, Perceiver= Duality.
Being=Now, Moment, Oneness, Nothingness, God.
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On 4/6/2024 at 1:03 AM, Jonas Long said:
The actual observer cannot observe itself.
This is most efficient distillation I can think of. Does this effectively sum it up?
Eyes do not see anything, you are the Moment. Rest is a thought/ illusion.
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On 4/13/2024 at 8:11 PM, Rose said:
It is probably due to the damage of actualized.org as well, but for many years I’ve been using spiral dynamics to judge people - my stage blue family.. my stage orange coworkers, my stage green feminist/activist friend who seems to only be that way because it’s convenient for her.. bla bla bla
Then I realized how deep in my own nonsense I was.. how is it that I must seem to people who are not as deep in their nonsense anymore.. I realized that I was acting like someone who is making 100K looking down at people who are making 50K - when there are people making 10M and not looking down at anyone..
While I still think it is useful to get a feel of where the person I am conversing with is at.. instead of judging them.. I choose accepting them to be perfect just the way they are.. and focusing on my own mission.. judgment takes so much processing power from me.. it’s such a waste of energy..
I still wouldn’t date someone who is in “lower stages” because I do want my close relationship to be more effortless, not having to explain myself
I have been observing that the more tolerant I am to “lower stages” of consciousness, the more responsive people are to me. The more people feel you are on “their side” and they are accepted by you, the more open they are to changes.. Ego doesn’t want to feel there is anything wrong with it, and it will defend itself whenever you imply anything of that sort. Once it begins defending itself, it diminishes whatever msg being thrown at it, often even demonizing the msg and the messenger as well.
It is important to be able to tune in to the feelings the person is having.. to see what it is like to be that person.. that is where the spiral dynamics may help.. to see the world from their eyes and build your msg in a way that would make sense in that world or plant a seed for a different world.. Asking questions helps here as well, to be able to feel and understand their world better.. This is crazy because it also kind of tunes in into “we are one realization” - you have to look inside yourself to find that person you are talking to..
The problem is that if you do not know yourself.. you will not be able to tune into another person.. because every interaction you will use to try to find yourself.. instead of trying to understand them, you will try to explain yourself, to make sense of your own worldview and to defend it to yourself through the conversion with the other.. if you have a clear vision for yourself you can hear the other.. for me it’s now my freedom, from myself and joy
What is interesting is that learning about personality types and even birth charts helped me to become less judgmental as well.. because I realized that people are fundamentally very different and with very different needs.. different is not “bad” or “good” it’s just how it is.. Also there are so many combinations of different qualities + upbringing + values people can have, it’s a waste to try and pigeonhole it.. It’s funny because I was obsessing with personality types for so many years it was getting weird at some point, but now I see why I was doing it..
What are your thoughts on spiral dynamics?
Spiral dynamics are great for the self development. However, enlightenment is completely opposite which is self destroying.
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On 4/15/2024 at 5:19 AM, Rose said:
I’ve been having mostly bad trips recently, be it on shrooms or doing breathwork.. but I realized it is a good thing - it allows me to experience all the hidden subconscious pains I’ve been holding in and carrying with me my whole life.. by feeling them so intensely during the trip and facing them head-on, I am healing them. After this intense experience, the psyche will get bored of similar, but at a lower intensity, emotions.. kind of like when you jump from a parachute a thousand times, after a while it’s just a “meh” and not so scary and exciting for you anymore..
Bad trips are great to encounter fear, pain and etc... I always did heroic dose. However, bad trips was always more helpful to let go and surrender for me.
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On 4/12/2024 at 12:29 AM, Kevin said:
So I tripped yesterday and like many trips my mind is blown and it feels like I wake up. and by that I don’t mean Kevin wakes up. I mean whatever I am wakes up to itself and it’s all love and it’s only now. And there’s no doubt that it’s always now and it’s absolute love and it’s beautiful.
I’ve been having these trips for years and like 95% of the time when I come down and. Go to bed. I wake up the next day totally normal.
I guess I wish I was drowning In love and bliss and it just doesn’t seem like psychedelics are doing the trick.
Definitely not. Psychedelics are so much profound and great experiences. However, it belong to mind. And enlightenment has nothing to do with mind.
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14 hours ago, Kevin said:
What’s the highest dose y’all have taken and is there a point where it’s too much? In college I took 5 and 7 grams of shrooms semi regularly. Strongest trip I ever had on mushrooms or acid was one where I was on 2 tabs of acid and I when I closed my eyes I could see the most colorful and beautiful visuals. And my friend played his Tibetan singing bowl and my spine and brainstorm started to vibrate with the bowl.
I took 10 gr dried shrooms with lemon take. My DNA has changed. Believe me.
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7 hours ago, Isagi Yoichi said:
I am tired of living without any real achievements & creations, I don't want to keep writing silly desires on the dream board I want to have a plan for the next 5&10 years how to do that?
I want to do something meaningful I am tired of this shit soulless life
Let go of these thoughts including any achievement, goal, purpose etc... bliss will come to you inevitably.
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23 hours ago, Celestial said:
Does enlightenment eliminate suffering for good?
Like is it possible to be completely free in this lifetime, no matter the condition of one's life?
Does an awakened person still sometimes suffer even the slightest amount or is the suffering just poof, gone.
These are some questions I have about awakening as I think I might have some preconceived ideas about what enlightenment is all about.
When you realize "you" are illusion, how one can suffer again?
Enlightenment will completely destroy you out.
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16 hours ago, Rose said:
I am sitting right now feeling really anxious because I feel I wasted my day today.
I feel there is a lot of things going on for me - I have an exam coming (which I am not studying for), I am not sure whether I want to continue with my exams since I have the first level of designation and I hate actuarial work (I had a an actuarial seminar today and I was so bored and hating every minute of it). I work as an actuary but in data science for the last 5 years, I prefer data science much more, but I constantly feel that I am not good in it since I never really invested the time to learn it since I had to study for awful/useless actuarial exams.
Now I also need to find a remote job because I want to move to Portugal. There seems to be no remote jobs in Canada.. and I have no clue how to get a remote job in US if I am not a US citizen..
Canada is getting more and more expensive for me.. I paid $2 for 1 tomatoe today.. I really want to leave.. I am tired of always worrying about money and my job..
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All this to say, I feel hopeless, but sometimes I feel euphoric.. my life flows between complete hopelessness/anxiety over all the things I have to do and random bursts of euphoric energy
I know my brain cannot be trusted, I know I need to seriously do some practices for it, but I am lost with all the suggestions, recommendations, it’s too much for me…
So, if you had to pick just top 1-3 practices to stop feeling so miserable.. what would they be?
Silence and darkness.
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2 hours ago, Jane said:
Who's truth?
Truth is always here or there.
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On 3/12/2024 at 5:00 PM, Alexander said:
Are you too?
Anything that you talk is enlightenment, you can't run and get away.
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Anything We Say is an illusion
in Nonduality, Consciousness, Awakening, Enlightenment, Self-Recognition
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You seems like it. Otherwise, why do you even write?